Sauichiro: rebuilding Ashina from the obliteration of the pillar

Chapter 164 The Strongest Research Team
Tokyo, Docklands, eight o'clock in the evening.

Inside a fairly tidy longhouse.

"Are you really a doctor?"

The man who had just rolled up half of his sleeves frowned, looked nervously at the boy face who was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and his tone was full of doubts.

He doesn't want the money to go to waste.

Although the other party's temperament is calmer than many old people, like a statue of a Bodhisattva that has gone through many years of wind and rain, but the appearance is too immature, which will inevitably arouse doubts from outsiders——

After all, most of the doctors in people's minds are middle-aged men with big beards.

"Aren't you a little too young?"

And it's so beautiful!

It's just like the fairy in the story!
Is that beautiful smoky eye color really something that humans can have?
But generally speaking, don't good-looking women have no skills?
Although the man didn't express these thoughts directly, they were manifested in his dilated pupils and slightly fluttering Adam's Apple as he stared at the other party.

Until his fantasy was interrupted by a boy standing next to the female doctor.

"Do you need me to dig out your eyes for a closer inspection?"

The young man's words were extremely mean, and his face was filled with contempt and annoyance of unknown origin.

"The person sitting in front of you is the most powerful doctor in Tokyo! Even in the whole of Japan, there is no doctor with more experience than Master Zhushi!"

"Don't dare to make irresponsible remarks about Lord Zhu Shi's age—"

The boy slammed his two white fists together, making a crisp sound, but his eyes were full of fierce threats.

"I'll beat you up!"

"Gulong..."

The man swallowed, and lowered his head in a panic.

This young man doesn't look strong, but the man who has been wandering the streets all year round has an intuition that ten of himself may not be the opponent of the other party.

However, although the other party's words were convincing, and the woman named Zhu Shi seemed very confident while speaking, the best doctor in Tokyo might have exaggerated a bit.

If these two are liars...

Thinking of this, the man's face turned bitter.

He could only bite the bullet and eat this dumb loss.

At this moment, Zhu Shi, who had been keeping his pulse on him, finally spoke.

"Yushirou, you can't talk to a patient like that."

"Yes."

The arrogance and contempt on Yushiro's face immediately subsided, and he stood at attention like a soldier being called by the officer, and even felt a little honored to be called by his name.

The man's uncomfortable feeling of sitting on pins and needles finally subsided a little.

This woman still has some skills to make such a strange and unruly child obey her orders.

"This patient..."

Zhu Shi said quietly, and retracted his pulse hand.

Seeing this scene, Yushiro couldn't help but nodded slightly.

If only Master Zhu Shi could invent a way to diagnose without touching others.

She will no longer have to touch these old men with dirty faces.

"You say."

The man felt something bad from Zhu Shi's tone.

"Except for the headache you said before... These days, do you always feel extremely excited at night, but feel sluggish at noon, feel weak, dry mouth, and always smell blood for no reason, even if it is It’s also easy to sweat in winter.”

Zhu Shi paused for a moment, but the face of the man on the opposite side became more and more reverent, obviously he had hit the point.

"Also... People who were familiar with you before will subconsciously stay away from you."

"That's right, that's it."

The man nodded frantically, and all the previous doubts disappeared.

"You are really amazing. You said that the symptoms are exactly the same as mine. The doctor the foreman hired me before didn't see anything at all, and said that I just thought too much. You are really more reliable than him."

"Then Dr. Zhu Shi, what is wrong with me?"

"I'll just say it straight, the patient."

Zhu Shi was not swayed by the other party's compliment, and looked at the simple incense burner in the longhouse with misty eyes.

"You are not sick, but poisoned."

"Eh?"

The man didn't seem to be able to react, he was stunned for two or three seconds, and then stood up in disbelief, subconsciously denying.

"No way!"

I'm just a little dock porter, who would poison someone like me?

However, when he looked at the incense burner along Zhu Shi's line of sight, a bad thought suddenly popped up.

"Doctor Zhu Shi, what do you mean...there is something wrong with the wisteria flower incense..."

"Yes."

Zhu Shi nodded: "It should be some kind of poor industrial imitation, not real wisteria flower incense."

The tone can be said to be quite firm.

As a ghost, as soon as she entered the door, she found that the incense had only its own smell, but it didn't cause any trouble to her—it didn't even cause the slightest discomfort, it was a pure fake.

And this is not the first time she has seen it.

"How is this possible, our entire pier gang uses this kind of incense!"

The man's eyes were full of panic, "Our foreman got this from his relatives in the countryside, and you can't buy it outside."

"Besides, everyone uses this, so I can't be the only one suffering from it."

Since the popularization of "Precautions against Folk Ghosts" more than a month ago, people all over the country know that ghosts are only afraid of two things--sunshine and wisteria.

(Note: Because the government was afraid that the British would increase the price of Crimson Gorilla Iron exported from the colonies, the fact that Nippon Iron would work against ghosts was specially concealed, so it was not announced to the public.)
It is conceivable that the prices of wisteria-related products, which are not very cheap, have skyrocketed—especially wisteria incense.

But even so, all the incense in the market was looted by the crazy people-after all, no one wants to be the target of ghosts.

And dock workers like them, who only have one or two yen a month, want to obtain expensive life-saving "props", and they can only go through acquaintances around them.

For example, the foreman whose relative planted the wisteria tree has become a local god-like existence.

In order to buy some incense from him, the man spent a lot of effort.

"I guess this kind of incense should be very expensive."

Zhu Shi was noncommittal to the man's response, and returned to the issue of incense.

"Of course, such a small piece costs more than half of my salary."

The man gestured with his fist, "So how could it be fake?"

“…Though you may not believe it.”

Zhu Shi looked at him with some pity, "But the fact is like this. He sold you the things, and he hired the doctor for you, so it is very suspicious."

"In my opinion, the incense he sold to most of his acquaintances may be genuine, but considering that you are alone without a wife and children, even if something happens, no one will find out quickly, so you will sell fake industrial products to you."

"As for some familiar people staying away from you, it should be the result of their collusion."

"After all, if there is one less person to buy the real product, it will be easier for others, and at the same time, there will be money to be made."

The man's face turned pale all of a sudden.

No wonder...

No wonder the doctor the foreman hired for him didn't see anything.

"Why, how could this be..."

His body collapsed, and there was despair in his eyes.

In addition to having no family, he has a special place in the dock gang.

He is new here.

"But, I'm not the only one who meets these conditions, right?"

He looked for a reason in a panic, "Why am I the only one who bought a fake?"

"People's physiques are different. Maybe you burn incense longer than others, maybe you're just the first to suffer...even other people have the same problem as you, but just don't take it seriously."

Zhu Shi shook his head, "Besides, the wharf area is very large, they should deliberately find people who live far away from each other to sell fake goods, so that even if you all get sick, because you are far away from each other and don't know each other, naturally It is also impossible to confirm each other and find out the cause of the disease."

When the man heard this, his eyes completely darkened.

On the other hand, Yushiro puffed up his chest with some pride, and then took out a small book, recording the process of Zhushi's speculation just now.

A woman with both beauty and wisdom like Master Zhu Shi is really attractive!
Not only the cause of this person was discovered, but even the fake supply network entrenched here was discovered.

It's really amazing!
On the other side, after sitting on the ground in a daze for a long time, the man feebly took out money from his pocket and put it on the table.

And Zhu Shi took the money, and told him how to detoxify, and warned him not to continue using this kind of incense.

"But, if there is no incense, what should I do if the ghost comes?"

The man held his head with ashen face.

"I'd rather be poisoned to death than be eaten alive."

"Hey, don't you understand human language?"

Yushiro raised his eyebrows, "This thing is not only poisonous, but also fake, it's fake! From the very beginning, it's useless to ghosts..."

"Yushiro."

Zhu Shi hurriedly stopped him, she could understand the other party's concerns, even if he knew that the incense was fake, he didn't dare to tell it, otherwise he would be targeted by other dock workers.

On the contrary, in order not to arouse the suspicion of the people around him, he might have to continue to buy it.

"How to do it, I can't interfere with your choice, but I have an immature suggestion..."

Before leaving, Zhu Shi said solemnly: "If possible, you can call the police or contact the ghost hunter's office and let them handle the matter here. This should also be within their jurisdiction."

"But anyway, you'd better get out of here as soon as possible."

"Sometimes those human beings who seem to be smiling are even more cruel than ghosts. They... just changed their way of eating people..."

Hearing this, the man slowly raised his head, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Afterwards, on the way out of the dock area, Yushiro kept hesitating to speak, but finally couldn't hold back, and spoke out his inner thoughts.

"Master Zhu Shi, why did you ask him to find a ghost hunter?"

Yushirou was puzzled.

"If the ghost hunters are brought in, we won't be able to go to the dock area to collect blood for a long time in the future."

There is a large floating population in the dock area, and there are a lot of fish and dragons, and no one will always remember them.

In addition, most of the residents here are addicted to gambling, and those who are married are very fertile, so they need money very much.

When Zhu Shi offered to buy their blood at a high price, these people would agree without even asking why.In addition, the dock workers are also very strong, and the blood is naturally healthy, and there will be few adverse reactions after drinking.

Because of this, the dock area is definitely a good source of food for the two of them.

And Zhu Shi also likes to come here to practice medicine - those goods often carry foreign pathogens that have never been seen before, which can be regarded as good research objects.She was able to transform her body from the control of Onimai Tsuji, which has a lot to do with many substances that are not available in Japan.

Hearing Yushiro's question, Zhu Shi smiled helplessly.

"It's okay, we always have other places to go. Kyoto, Nara, and Osaka are all good places. Besides, I haven't visited for a long time."

"However, it's not easy for us to get acquainted with the people here!"

Yushiro sighed, "You are so soft-hearted, you might as well let me teach that foreman a lesson."

"We can't hurt humans."

Zhu Shi suddenly turned his head, and Yushiro jumped up with a serious expression.

After all, when teaching humans, once they see blood, the scene is likely to get out of control-although Yushiro is hardly affected by the instinct of ghosts, but if he encounters rare blood, things will be difficult to say.

On this point, she has never tried, and dare not try.

"I'm just talking."

Shi Lang's face drooped, and he immediately said flatteringly, "In the past, it was just to frighten them. I will never disobey Lord Zhu Shi's orders."

"That's good, but... don't do things that scare people, such as smashing tables, chairs, and poles."

Zhu Shi frowned and warned: "Ordinary people are now wary of ghosts. If you show something extraordinary, you may expose your identity. Don't do anything that can be settled with money and words."

Yushiro was stunned for a moment, and then realized that Master Zhushi was concerned about his comfort, so he quickly and happily agreed: "Understood, I will definitely pay attention."

But as soon as he finished speaking, the whole ghost turned around suddenly, with two searchlight-like eyes staring at the top of a house not far away, with a vigilant expression.

"what happened?"

Zhu Shi followed his line of sight and looked over, there was no one there.

"Master Zhu Shi."

With a slight movement, Yushiro took out a piece of talisman paper from his pocket, "Stick it on your body, and we will go back invisibility."

Zhu Shi's expression suddenly became serious. Although Yushiro didn't say it clearly, she knew that they should be targeted.

Who is it?
Ghost Slayer?police?

Or... Onimui Tsuji's minions.

The next moment, the figures of the two disappeared on the street at the same time, as if they were just two ethereal phantoms.

Thirty seconds later, two short figures wearing bamboo hats fell from a height, and the whole process was silent.

Then they shook their heads at each other.

　tomorrow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)